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This year I've started a personal project of my dearest little girl, at least one portrait per week. I've made it very challenging by using my Dad's Nikon EM film camera. It's a very cheap camera (the body goes for $20), it's manual focus (so hard with a running toddler) and annoyingly it's aperture priority so it doesn't give me full control.

This project was inspired by many mums, I've seen it initially with Jodi Wilson from http://www.practisingsimplicity.com/. Elsa Campbell did a wonderful project of her kids last year (see her highlights of 2016 here). But it was Amy Oliver who put together a group of us this year and encouraged me to finally start. So thank you Amy!

I still love film but it's incredibly challenging to find the time between motherhood and wedding season. Whenever I'm facing a creative block I turn to film. It makes me think about each image, it challenges me and it reignites whatever it is inside me that loves this photo gig.

I've been so blessed with amazing couples to work with and the chance to capture their beautiful weddings. One thing I haven't really been on top of is sending my weddings to blogs, since I've changed careers so quickly in the last couple of years as well as my traveling obsession.

It's nice to finally see some of my work featured. Here's Mel & Adam's wedding featured at Polkadot Bride yesterday. So lovely to see this wedding again. A beautiful country style wedding shot in Nundle, New South Wales.

A few more days until I leave for Mexico with Wayne. I'm shooting a wedding there of the most wonderful couple Jess & Damien, they are really really wonderful, so wonderful that they're happy to have me bring along my husband to the wedding. YES. This means that he can be the bag carrier (insert evil laugh).

I just received a big package from B&H of all the glorious film that I'll be taking there with me. I promised myself that I must not come back with any unused film. EEEEP so excited.

Meanwhile, I am working my butt off trying to get as much work out of the way as possible which means late night sleeps. I'm actually looking forward to the plane ride so that I can do nothing but chill.

The photos below were taken in San Diego in an area called Old Town which has heavy Mexican influences.